
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A new book by psychologist and body image researcher Renee Engeln says we all need to spend less time talking about beauty in order to “put it in its place” behind other more important matters – and mothers, grandmothers and aunts need to quit complaining about their bodies in front of young women!
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The Centers for Disease Control is reporting that more than nine out of 10 new HIV cases in the United States among young men and boys between the ages of 13 to 24 is occurring in those identifying as homosexuals and bisexuals.
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A Kentucky appeals court issued a ruling on Friday affirming the right of a Christian printer to decline to print t-shirts for a gay pride event.
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The school district of Madison, Wisconsin has launched a pilot project at several schools which will block student access to social media sites in order to help them re-engage with the world.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A Catholic school district in Canada is being applauded for cancelling a touring play about gender identity that is directed to elementary school-aged children as young as five years.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A courageous family court judge in Kentucky recently released an order stating that he won’t be hearing adoption cases involving same-sex couples because he believes these adoptions are never in the best interests of the child.
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The dwindling respect for human life reached a new low this week with the announcement that a jewelry company is now fashioning pendants out of the ashes of “leftover” embryos from in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinics.
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Another teen attempted to kill herself on Facebook on Tuesday night but was saved just in time after viewers – and
Facebook – alerted authorities.
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Today is National Star Wars Day and many of the film’s fans will be offering the movie’s famous greeting ,“May the force be with you,” or its pun for the day, “May the fourth be with you.” Judging by world conditions and the strife that abounds both at home and abroad, we could use some force and power to bring relief, order, and justice to our beleaguered globe.
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The National Day of Prayer was the perfect backdrop for the signing of the Trump Administration’s Religious Liberty Executive Order except that the order itself has disappointed both sides of the debate.
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